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The Multiplicity of Spiritual Paths in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 74)

In Chapter 4, Poem 74 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the overwhelming multiplicity of spiritual paths and the dissolution of conventional direction. The poem asserts that when physical dimensions of 'front' and 'behind' vanish, 'a hundred paths arise from every particle.' This reflects the profound mystical bewilderment (hayrat) of the soul as it faces infinite potential routes to the Divine, emphasizing that the journey is intimately tied to the infinite depths of even the smallest elements of existence rather than physical distance.

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